Posted on 08/02/2021 6:01:16 PM PDT by Libloather
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Top supporters of the recall against California Gov. Gavin Newsom want to block him from branding the contest as a Republican effort in the official election guide that will be sent to voters ahead of the Sept. 14 contest.
His contention that the effort is led by Republicans seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election and an “attempt by national Republicans and Trump supporters to force an election and grab power in California" are “at best misleading, at worst flat-out false, and in all events a hyperbolic outrage," according to a lawsuit filed Friday by two Republican activists who led the campaign to get the recall on the ballot.
The case is scheduled for a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.
Orrin Heatlie and Mike Netter are asking a judge to strike portions of Newsom’s ballot statement and edit other parts. Newsom, a Democrat, was unable to get his party affiliation listed on the ballot because of a filing error and has sought to brand the recall as a power grab by right-wing activists in the nation’s most populous state.
He makes that argument in two campaign ads, one of which features video of people storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. It’s aimed at motivating Democrats, who outnumber Republicans significantly in the state and strongly dislike former President Donald Trump.
Heatlie and Netter argue that the effort is not a “Republican recall” because its supporters come from various political parties and more than half of the 46 candidates vying to replace Newsom are not Republicans. They want the word “Republican" stripped from the statement in all but one place. In that instance, they suggest Newsom's language that the effort is led by “national Republicans who fought to overturn the presidential election" should be changed...
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His hair follicles seem to be competent. That's good enough for many Californians.
APMSNPOS is carrying the Rat’s water.
>>His contention that the effort is led by Republicans seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election and an “attempt by national Republicans and Trump supporters to force an election and grab power in California” are “at best misleading, at worst flat-out false, and in all events a hyperbolic outrage,” according to a lawsuit filed Friday by two Republican activists who led the campaign to get the recall on the ballot.
#ConspiracyTheory
#Anti-Democracy
What does he have against people using the rules to carry out their will?
Newsom’s anti-recall ads out here are trying to tie the recall effort to Trump, the Jan 6 “insurrection”, recounts and “refusal to accept the outcome of the election”. Of course none of those things have anything to do with the recall, but that’s all they got. They can’t exactly point to his record, his actions during COVID, or his “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrisy. So just blame Trump voters.
Peons have no rights, doncha know.
What does he have against people using the rules to carry out their will?
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He loves democracy till he doesn’t.
Typical libfraud.
#ConsentOfTheGoverned
Hair follicles in the right place, hates Trump, has the Obozo “cool factor,” has a D next to his name, loves abortion, and hugs tree. Yup! That’s more than enough for the Rodeo Drive and Nob hill crowd.
I heard a radio commercial about that Mis-Information just yesterday. My first thought, the local Dems will accept the statements as is, with no critical thinking used at all.
I’d like to see a conservative governor but could he move anything when there is this in the state senate:
31 Democrats
9 Republicans
Can’t stress enough how much prayer needed over this.
As I’ve mentioned often, liberals leave California to infect other states...but California continues to grow and get more liberal.
Oh it’s beyond liberal. It’s very communist and getting worse. There’s millions of good people, but also millions of bad and millions of illegals.
It’s too bad, most this state is very nice but the management is terrible.
There is no low level that democrats will not stoop to to get what they want.
“sought to brand the recall as a power grab by right-wing activists”
Larry Elder will win, since Newsom is a failure. Newsom is a loser.
Californians are winners who want accountability.
Sad to say, but Gavin Newsom-Harris will win in a cake walk...
You know better to ask that question no he can’t he’s a democrat.
Note history
We’ll see if the Republicans do their normal thing, be it the governorship or guns- which is to give ZEDRO support to conservative causes and candidates in California and whine, bitch, and moan to high heaven about how bad CA is.
Look at the idiot they ran last time against Newsom; tone-deaf, underfunded, and seemingly just plain dumb.
Just like with guns, and immigration, those calling themselves ‘Republicans’ tell the entire state to Go To Hell and then scream like little girls when the Democrats get more power.
The GOP, most especially the Bushes, hung this state out to dry.
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